In Case You Haven’t Noticed….Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

Yep, Santa Claus is definitely coming to town and he has arrived just in time to be included in a Christmas Santa Claus tablescape.

I’m doing it again!

Playing with my dishes….

Someday when I grown up, I want to be the hostess of beautiful, sparkly Christmas parties!

Yep, Santa Claus is definitely coming to town and he has arrived just in time to be included in a Christmas Santa Claus tablescape.

I’m doing it again!

Playing with my dishes….

Someday when I grown up, I want to be the hostess of beautiful, sparkly Christmas parties!

You know the kind where the ladies are all dressed in their finest with ribbons and bows and long, flouncy, bouffant dresses!

Dresses like that of Scarlett O’Hara….that show off the good parts of one’s anatomy (shoulders and bosoms) and hide the rest under a heavily starched or hooped crinoline!

Other than being very, very hot (no air conditioning in those days)…I love the romance of those dresses with their under-dress hoops that shoot out from your waistline… hiding a multitude of too many Christmas cookies!

Alas, I do host sparkly Christmas parties and someday I will get the nerve to actually ask the guests to dress as they once did in the South!

Maybe…maybe not! 🙂

Meanwhile, I am dreaming of a white Christmas which of course is purely wishful thinking because it hasn’t snowed in SW Florida like in 39 years!

What? Snow in Florida?

That is right, it has snowed in South Florida and the last time, or only time in SW Florida history was a snow that fell from the skies on Jan. 19, 1977, according to the the Miami Herald .

My dear readers, can you picture real snow flakes swirling over the palm trees? Not the man made snow that is brought in this time of year when Christmas lighting ceremonies are abundant with snow.

Of course, the minute the falling snow hit the ground…it quickly dissipated. BUT, it did SNOW!!!! The National Weather Service recorded it as only a trace of snow, but many thought of it as a raging blizzard at the time!

I am from the Midwest and I am used to early morning views of frozen fields and ice glittering in the weak morning sun!

I remember the beautiful clear, crisp days when our noses turned red…. and you could see your breath as a small vapor in front of you.

And I especially remember the glow of a fire in the fireplace and sipping hot cocoa while our cold toes, adorned with thick socks were warming by the cozy fire.

Memories! They are wonderful aren’t they?

But, do I want to move back to months and months of cold and icy slippery roads and icicles dripping from my nose?

NO!!!!!! but I do love my memories.

So, I bring the Christmas spirit of Santa Claus to my tablescapes and that is good enough for me.